Senior Procurement Specialist – Market Data Services (MDS)
ملخص الوظيفة
- Manage the procurement of Market Data Services and financial-information products.
- Handle vendors such as Bloomberg FactSet Refinitiv/LSEG rating agencies exchanges and similar service providers.
- Manage contracts subscriptions renewals licences and vendor invoices.
- Maintain accurate records of market-data products users costs and contract terms.
- Use Optimize Spend or a similar platform to monitor inventory usage and expenditure.
- Review subscriptions and identify unused duplicated or unnecessary services.
- Negotiate pricing commercial terms and renewal conditions with vendors.
- Support cost-saving and spend-optimisation initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with vendor licensing requirements and contractual obligations.
- Coordinate with Procurement Finance IT and relevant business teams.
- Prepare spend reports renewal schedules and vendor-performance updates.
- Support budgeting and forecasting for market-data expenditure.
- Approximately 810 years of relevant procurement experience.
- Strong hands-on experience in Market Data Services procurement and vendor management.
- Experience managing Bloomberg FactSet Refinitiv/LSEG rating agencies exchanges or similar providers.
- Good understanding of financial-data subscriptions licensing models and usage rights.
- Experience managing contracts renewals vendor invoices and market-data spend.
- Hands-on knowledge of Optimize Spend or a similar MDS inventory and spend-management system.
- Strong commercial negotiation and cost-optimisation skills.
- Previous experience in financial services is strongly preferred.
- CIPS or an equivalent recognised procurement qualification is an advantage.
- Experience working with reputable well-established organisations.
- Stable employment history with good tenure in previous roles.
- Strong communication stakeholder-management and analytical skills.
- Availability to join around the end of January or beginning of February.
Important: Candidates must have direct Market Data Services experience to be considered.
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Required Skills:
Approximately 810 years of relevant procurement experience. Strong hands-on experience in Market Data Services procurement and vendor management. Experience managing Bloomberg FactSet Refinitiv/LSEG rating agencies exchanges or similar providers. Good understanding of financial-data subscriptions licensing models and usage rights. Experience managing contracts renewals vendor invoices and market-data spend. Hands-on knowledge of Optimize Spend or a similar MDS inventory and spend-management system. Strong commercial negotiation and cost-optimisation skills. Previous experience in financial services is strongly preferred. CIPS or an equivalent recognised procurement qualification is an advantage. Experience working with reputable well-established organisations. Stable employment history with good tenure in previous roles. Strong communication stakeholder-management and analytical skills. Availability to join around the end of January or beginning of February.
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